Why do you say that?…:)
Coz you remember to first have received a white&red string from a Bulgarian?

I got couple of them from Bulgarians, too, but the first ones I remember to have received were from my dad and mom ad grandparents…;) and they’re Romanians, all of them;)

Anyways, neighboring countries have always claimed common traditions to be theirs….no matter which part of the border they are from. And this at least leads to some food for thought to the ‘roots’ of multiculturalism…

hi Anca! No offense to multiculturalism and I am not going to expose newly acquired wikipedia knowledge but I did receive, too, my first martenitsa from my grandma and she had received hers from her grandma, etc. It’s a pagan tradition which like ‘kukeri’ and other so very old pre-christin traditions are still alive. But I guess we have to cross the Danube more often to see that we have mixed them up quite a lot actually..Aaa… I miss the Balkans, I want to make a Balkan tour, all over the place, and stop in villages and talk to people and listen to that music which is totally unique. Cheers
PS. We met one morning in rue l’hotel des Monnaies, BXL, remember?